The last tune is a trio of just Dewey on alto, instead of his usual tenor, plus Grenadier and Jackson — Dewey had requested time for a solo piece. Joshua crossed the street for an espresso. By time he got back, Dewey was packing up. One take. Free, relaxed, fierce, full of guttural cries and bluesy bop phrases, the result — “GJ” — was meant as a gift for Joshua’s infant son, Jadon. Now Dewey’s son has passed it along as a gift to the listener.

The onliest Sonny Sonny Rollins has held the unofficial title of world’s greatest living improviser at least since the early ’70s, following the death of John Coltrane and the second of two extended Rollins sabbaticals from public performance.

Sonny, Pat, and all the cats The primo jazz event of the spring will be SONNY ROLLINS 's concert at Symphony Hall on April 18 (bso.org). The great master saxophonist and peerless improviser often hits town in April, and this time it's to kick off his 80th-birthday tour. Whew.

State of the art You could find just about any kind of jazz you wanted on the three stages at the JVC Jazz Festival in Newport last weekend.

Museum pieces and other pieces It's Jazz Week time again — that time when the Boston jazz community looks to expand its minority-appeal music to a larger public.

Fourth-quarter earnings Times a-wastin' on 2008, so before it's too late, here's a handful of discs that have caught my ear over the past few months.

Slow hand In his Village Voice review of Jeremy Udden’s Plainville (Fresh Sound New Talent), Jim Macnie recalled how a friend of his tried to file it as “jazz for Wilco fans.” As Macnie explained, that’s not the whole story with Udden or Plainville , but it’s not a bad starting point.

An old lion roars In recent years, McCoy Tyner has looked frail for his age — once robust and round-faced, he now appears gaunt.

Interview: Steve Swallow on the Gary Burton Quartet DO YOU REMEMBER EXACTLY HOW YOU GUYS FIRST GOT TOGETHER? I have a memory. I tend to distrust them, but my recollection is that I met Gary when he called me up and asked me if I would consider playing in Stan Getz's band, which he was already in.

Getting it live Noah Preminger — bearded, shaggy-haired, 23 years old — plays tenor saxophone like a man at least twice his age while remaining completely of the moment.

FRED HERSCH TRIO AT SCULLERS | March 01, 2013 Fred Hersch's output as a composer includes an orchestrated setting of poems from Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass as well as other art-song fare for singers.

THIS SPRING'S JAZZ &AMP; WORLD MUSIC SHOWS | February 28, 2013 The saxophonist Chris Potter started drawing attention when he joined the group of legendary bebop trumpeter Red Rodney as an 18-year-old Manhattan School of Music student.